Legal Opinion
In re the Estate of Halperin
New York Surrogate's Court
Decided June 22, 1951PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Bubenstein, S.
This is a proceeding to determine the validity of the election by the widow pursuant to section 18 of the Decedent Estate Law and the effect on the will’s provisions of the assignment of dower to the widow by the courts of the State of Florida.
Testator died in 1949, a resident of this county. His probated will, after small outright bequests to the widow, gave his entire estate, including the real property in Florida, valued at approximately one quarter of the total, to his four children as executors and trustees, in trust, however, for the benefit of his wife during her life,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Matter of ByrnesNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Accounting of Parascandola v. National Surety Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Matter of KohlerNew York Court of Appeals · 1921
- In re CurleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- In Re the Will of CurleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
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3Cited by7 opinions
- In re the Estate of RolandNew York Surrogate's Court · 1963
- In re the Estate of HymanNew York Surrogate's Court · 1964
- In re the Estate of ShupackNew York Surrogate's Court · 1954
- In re the Construction of the Will of ShupackNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- In re the Estate of ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1956
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